irretrievable

1 not capable of being cured or reformed an irretrievable drug addict who had wasted a once-promising life Synonyms of irretrievable incorrigible, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, hopeless, unrecoverable, unredeemableWords Related to irretrievable irreparable, irreversible, uncorrectable; unencouraging, unpromising; impenitent, unreformed, unregenerate, unrepentantNear Antonyms of irretrievable reversible; encouraging, promising; penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry; correctable, fixable, rectifiable, repairable, reparable, salvable, salvageableAntonyms of irretrievable curable, reclaimable, recoverable, redeemable, reformable, remediable, retrievable, savable (or saveable)

2 not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone this is just an irretrievable mess, so let's start all over again Synonyms of irretrievable irrecoverable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, irreversible, unrecoverable, unredeemableWords Related to irretrievable irreplaceable, irrevocable; unredeemedNear Antonyms of irretrievable corrected, fixed, recovered, remedied, repairedAntonyms of irretrievable correctable, corrigible, fixable, redeemable, remediable, repairable, reparable, retrievable, undoable